Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!uxa.cso.uiuc.edu!saa33413 From: saa33413@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu Newsgroups: comp.graphics Subject: GIF: Going Out Of Business Message-ID: <112800004@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 11 Jan 90 10:38:16 GMT Lines: 43 Nf-ID: #N:uxa.cso.uiuc.edu:112800004:000:1886 Nf-From: uxa.cso.uiuc.edu!saa33413 Jan 10 19:49:00 1990 It seems that almost everybody is getting out of the GIF business. I want to get a ton of GIFs downloaded from somewhere to supply to a local BBS--a half-promise I made to them when I said I could get over 8 MB of GIFs over Internet. As I said, many people are pulling out. This is not an intrinsically "bad" thing; they do explain why they are quitting (insufficient disk space, usually). However, finding a machine that does have GIFs has turned into a wild goose chase. Machine A says, "We no longer have GIFs, but Machine B has as good as (or a better) selection than we did. Sorry!" So I go to Machine B, which says, "We no longer have GIFs, but Machine C (or even A!) has what we had." It's a bit frustrating! I tried out several computers on a list that said they have GIFs and turned up 5 that have discontinued their collections: surya.waterloo.edu wuarchive.wustl.edu umn-cs.cs.umn.edu lut.fi hubcap.clemson.edu I hope this saves someone else a big hassle. Please mail responses to saa33413@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu or free0066@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu; I don't normally access this group. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Scott Alfter | A keyboard--how quaint! | | Internet: saa33413@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu | | | free0066@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu | -- M. Scott | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apple IIe /| _ |/_ / \// \ / / | | The power to | \ be your best \ / \_/\_/